Juan
/'xwan/
The verdict
“Juan” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,890. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,890
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 196
- “J” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - João
Corpus desk
Index PT-juan · Juan · Portuguese
Juan · rank #2,890 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,890
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 196
- PHOTO-FINISH machado
Nearest frequency peer: machado (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “Juan”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- gigante
gigante
97,117 corpus weight
- Juan
Juan
97,111 corpus weight
- machado
machado
97,110 corpus weight
- Manuel
Manuel
97,108 corpus weight
- montanha
montanha
97,107 corpus weight
- novidade
novidade
97,106 corpus weight
What this shows “Juan” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Juan |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /'xwan/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #2,890 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “Juan”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Juan (IPA /'xwan/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,890 among 196 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Juan, with forms such as "jaun", "jjuan", and "juann". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "juro", "júri", "just", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is Juan, spelled J-U-A-N.
Definition
- 1João
- 2João
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- jaun
- jjuan
- juann
- juna
- ujan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Juan - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Juan", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).